Chapter 14

The wind was slightly tickling her nose. Bonnie opened her eyes to the morning sunshine and searched for the source of the wind blowing warmly into the hotel room. When she turned to look to the windows she realized that Kai wasn't lying next to her. A short pout crossed her face and something in her heart ached.

She found that the windows were open; Kai had probably opened them when he woke up. Bonnie turned back onto her back and watched the ceiling. She couldn't help but feel disappointed. Right before she had fallen asleep she had thought about how much she was looking forward to wake up next to Kai this morning. She had hoped that he was still asleep so she could steal some more glances. But now he was nowhere in sight and Bonnie had to spend her morning alone. She was wondering where he was when she heard something break in the bathroom.

She came to sit on the bed when just a few moments later Kai stepped out of the bathroom. His hair was slightly wet and he wore a new black t-shirt and jeans. He was looking down at something in his hand and Bonnie thought that he looked like a lost puppy in this moment. She let out a snicker and got Kai's attention.

He was smiling at her now. "Good morning sleepy. I thought you were still in the cloudy wonderland."

Bonnie smiled at his choice of words. It was so not Kai to use these sweet and dinky words but on the other hand it so was. "Nope, had to leave my wonderful dream behind already." She was looking at him. She wanted him to come closer and sit next to her. The space between them felt too big but Kai didn't make any effort to come any closer. A dark shadow crossed his features.

"What's going on? Are you alright?" she asked him.

Kai moved from one foot to the other. She looked down to his hands and to the thing he was holding in them. Bonnie couldn't see what it was. Kai's silence made her feel uncomfortable. Kai's expression turned agonized.

"Kai!"

"Did I wake you? I was trying to be quiet. You looked like you need the sleep." Kai was trying to change the subject. Bonnie was really worried now.

"No, I woke up on my own. What's going on with you?" Bonnie eyed him intensely.

Kai stayed silent for a while. Then he showed her what he held in his hand. It was his phone but it was broken. It must have been the thing that made the noise just a few moments ago. Bonnie was looking at Kai, not understanding.

"I… remembered something. I was about to get out of the bathroom, when… it hit me again. I dropped my phone on the ground and it got broken." He looked horrible while he said that.

"What did you remember?" It had to be a bad memory given his reaction. Kai only shook his head to tell Bonnie that he wasn't going to share it with her. But he also made a few steps towards the bed and that gave Bonnie the hope that he might not have shut her out just yet.

She stayed silent; she didn't want to scare him away with anything she was saying. She wanted to give him the freedom to decide that he wanted to share this with her. He was sitting down on the bed next to her now but not facing her and turning his back to her.

"I'm sorry." Was all he said.

"Sorry about what?" she asked and lightly rubbed his back. He stiffened under her touch and Bonnie stopped her movement but she kept her hand on his back.

"For everything I ever did to you." He turned and looked into Bonnie's eyes and she could read the remorse and hurt in them. He remembered something about their past. Something bad that he had done to her, she understood.

"What did you see?" she asked again.

He turned away from her again and placed his face into his hands. He sighed deeply. "I remembered that I hurt you. I smashed you into the wall and left you to die. Then Damon came and I made him choose between you and his girlfriend."

Bonnie had to swallow hard on that memory. It was vividly reviving in her head. She shook her head to make it go away not wanting to think about anything the old Kai did. The person sitting in front of her now wasn't that person anymore.

"I'm so sorry Bon. I know there has to be so much more that I did to you and I am sorry for anything that I did that hurt you. I can never remake any of my mistakes and I understand if you don't want to talk to me anymore. I understand if you hate me and can't forgive me…"

"Stop!" Bonnie turned Kai's face around so that he had to look at her. He was facing the blanket instead. "Hey, look at me!" Bonnie said demanding. Her hand was still on Kai's cheek and the intensity of her voice made Kai lock eyes with her. "Don't talk like that. I don't want you to even think this. I know we have a complicated past but right now I don't see any resemblance between the man sitting next to me and the man that did that to me. I didn't think I would ever say that but I forgive you. I am not holding a grudge. I see the man you are today, and maybe I should have done that before. But I want you to know that we are just doing a restart. I did some things to you that I am not proud of myself. So let's just forget all that was and start from scratch, okay?"

Kai was leaning into Bonnie's touch now, his eyes were closed. He turned so it would be easier to face her and looked Bonnie deep in the eyes. "Okay." He said and then he leaned in to place a soft kiss on her lips. It was a sweet gesture and the light touch made her lips prickle and send a spark down to her belly. Kai drew away too soon and Bonnie already missed his touch, but he placed his forehead against hers and rested it there for a while. Their breaths matched each other and Bonnie lost track of time. How long they sat like this she didn't know and she didn't care. She hadn't felt like this in quite some time. There was not sense in denying it any longer, there was something happening between her and Kai and she didn't even want to fight it any longer. She felt good for the first time in so long and she didn't mind that it was a former sociopath that made her feel like this.

She reveled in her sweet thoughts as Kai broke the comfortable silence.

"So what was your 'wonderful dream' about?" he was asking silently, still keeping the contact to her.

Bonnie had so smile. "Wouldn't you like to know?" She snickered. "I actually don't remember." In that moment her stomach growled loudly.

Kai drew his forehead back and looked at her with mockery. "Did you eat a grizzly bear last night? That sounded mad!"

Bonnie snickered and Kai smiled at her. He was back to his normal self-confident way. Bonnie had to admit she was glad she witnessed his little break down; it only made her see that he really had changed.

"Should we go eat something?" he asked her with delight in his voice.

Bonnie shook her head. "No, I'd rather order room service. I am not too keen on seeing Damon and Alaric just yet, we'll see them soon enough."

"Room service it is then!" Kai opened the drawer of Bonnie's nightstand and got the menu out of there. Bonnie moved over on the bed so Kai could sit next to her and they were looking through the menu together. When they decided on what to eat Bonnie called the reception and gave them their order. After that she quickly took a shower and when she was out of the bathroom again the food was just arriving. Good, Bonnie was starving. The two of them ate and talked the whole time. It was so easy to talk to him and now that Bonnie accepted that it was making her feel really good, it was even more entertaining.

"So, your memories aren't coming back chronologically?" Bonnie asked at one point.

"Doesn't seem like it. I still mostly don't remember the past 18 years but this memory popped up. I guess it is because of the close contact that we are having right now. It triggers it, maybe."

"Hm, never saw it like that." Bonnie admitted. It was so good to finally have another witch to talk to. All these years it had only been her. Except for the short part where her grams was still alive or when she thought she was teaching Liv how to do magic. But discussing magical problems with someone who grew up around it was like a blessing. She couldn't help the smile emerging on her face.

"Why are you so cheerful all of a sudden?" Kai asked.

"It's nothing. I am just seeing the good in a lot of things lately." No matter what was going on between Kai and her, he was still Kai. He had an ego for two and would probably make her regret ever giving him as much as the benefit of a doubt if she told him he was the reason for her to be so cheerful lately. But as she looked in Kai's face his expression told her that he for sure already knew. Bonnie made a mental note to not be the initiator of any more emotional behavior for a while. She was going to drag this out as long as possible and she would be quiet about her feelings just as long to refuse Kai the satisfaction and triumph over her, even though he probably already earned it. He had already won her over.

They ate the rest of their meals in relative, comfortable silence. Every now and then Bonnie stole a glance at Kai and sometimes she caught him doing the same. After they were finished they packed their few belongings and were ready to go meet Alaric and Damon down in the lobby.

Bonnie's hand was on the handle, ready to push it down and leave the room, when Kai abruptly grabbed her other arm, turned her around in one smooth swing so her body would bump into his and held it in place with an arm around her waist. The next moment Kai was placing his lips onto hers. Bonnie was surprised at the action but didn't push him away. She couldn't push him away because she had already placed her hands around his neck to ensure he wouldn't draw back before she was ready for it. She inhaled his scent and deepened the kiss. To hell with her promise to herself to not initiate any more actions between the two of them.

The kiss got more intense by the second. The longer they kissed the hungrier she got. She didn't want him to stop and she had the feeling that kissing him wouldn't be enough for her any more. Kai slowly pushed Bonnie against the wall, always sure not to break their connection. Something in Bonnie's lower part answered to their passionate kiss and her hands were deep in his hair as her legs were trying to wrap themselves around his waist.

Kai picked up on that and lifted her up, her legs immediately following the brut instincts she was acting on right now. Kai's hands were no longer attached to her waist as he was holding her up by pushing her into the wall with his body. They were exploring the lower part of Bonnie now, gripping her ass. Bonnie could barely contain herself. She wanted to get rid of those superfluous clothes of his and have him screw her right there against the wall. The part of her brain that normally made her out to be more bottom up and reasonable was deafened by her sexual needs, which she realized hadn't gotten any attention in too long. And she could feel that Kai wanted the same thing. She could feel his erection pressing onto her vagina. Oh, how much she wished she had worn a skirt right now.

She was letting a hand slide down his chest and placed it underneath his shirt. She couldn't contain herself any longer. Her second hand followed and she was feeling his abs under her palms. Kai groaned into her mouth and Bonnie smiled while biting his lower lip. She was about to get rid of his shirt as the phone in her bag started to ring.

The sound made them freeze in their position. Kai slowly withdraw his mouth from hers, just a little bit so that they would be able to catch their breaths. Kai still held her in place and their eyes were locked while they both tried to steady their breathing. He let Bonnie down softly and took a few steps back.

She rushed to her bag and checked the caller ID. It was Damon. She inhaled once more and answered the call.

"Yup!"

"Ah, she is still alive. Good for the psycho, now he might get to live another hour."

"Damon!" Bonnie tried to sound threatening but the lack of air in her lungs only made her sound exhausted.

"Are you okay, Bonnie?" she heard Damon's suddenly concerned voice. She needed to get her shit together.

"Yeah, sure. Why what's up?"

"Ric just went to get the car. I just wanted to inform you that we are going to leave in a few minutes, so if you want to make a detour to the dining room, now might be a good time."

"Alright, thanks. We wanted to come check on you guys anyways. See you in a sec." Bonnie hung up and exhaled loudly. She ran her fingers through her hair and slowly turned around to Kai. He looked just as affected by what had just happened like she felt. He swallowed hard before he said "So, the fun part is over?"

"Ric is getting the car. We should get going." Bonnie reached for her bag and strapped it. She saw that Kai was nodding and turned around to the door.

Right before she was about to open it she turned around to him once more and a flash of memory of what just happened hit her. She pushed it away because she couldn't let her control fail again in the next moments. And what she wanted to say wasn't supposed to be influenced by any horny hormones.

"What just happened… it should stay between the two of us." She finally said.

"Please, Damon already wants me dead I'm not too keen on adding another reason to his list." Kai said, shrugging and smiling a bright smile.

"Thanks." Bonnie said with a shy smile. What did this man do to her? "By the way, it was indeed fun." She admitted and turned back to open the door.

Kai let out a laugh and leaned in to whisper to her ear. "Hell yeah, it was. And I promise you we'll get back to where we left off." He opened the door and stepped through it leaving Bonnie behind, yet again breathless. She waited a few moments to catch her breath.

Kai was waiting for her in the hallway. "Coming?" he offered her his hand and Bonnie took it. She was going to have to let go of it when they arrived in the lobby but before that she didn't want to miss out on touching Kai. She was full of glee when she realized there was a whole elevator ride ahead of them.

Author's note: Okay, I let myself get carried away in this one. I didn't plan for this to go so far because I had a clear plan on when they were going to 'go there' but I could stop myself and still have the feeling that I could give this chapter to you guys. I am sorry for the teasing but I promise someday it will be the right time for them. So, I am sorry for any mistakes and the long wait. I am trying to juggle both my stories at the time and I have to admit that I am currently investing more time into Mundane but I assure you, this story is very dear to my heart because it is my first and I will try to come back to it was much as possible. Hope you enjoyed. Until next time, LiLaAir.